wordswimmer

So, you're writing a story or a novel, and you can't figure out why it's not working. The first question I'm going to ask...

The other day I finished a YA novel by one of my favorite authors and felt as if I’d scraped my knees on the bottom of the pool. Until I tu...

You can barely stop to catch your breath when reading Alex Flinn's Breathing Underwater It's not just her pacing that keeps you turn...

In Stephanie S. Tolan's new novel, Listen! , a wild dog--like a mysterious healing spirit--helps Charley, a 12-year-old girl mourning fo...

In the accidental, round-about way that I seem to find books these days--a little like following unexplored tributaries, not quite knowing w...

Exploring the emotions of your characters is a lot like swimming underwater. You dive beneath the surface of a character's skin, trying ...